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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 34-7199063

Maynard L Smith Endowment Trust

A private foundation in Pittsburgh, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 2 grants and $172,702 paid in grants.

Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.
  • Tax year 2025

    $172,702

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,428,894
  • Tax year 2024

    $0

    Grants listed
    0
    Assets, end of year
    $1,480,111
  • Tax year 2023

    $74,780

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,386,641
  • Tax year 2022

    $96,003

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,448,222
  • Tax year 2021

    $89,940

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,478,796
  • Tax year 2020

    $87,551

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,510,538
  • Tax year 2019

    $77,897

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,571,208
  • Tax year 2018

    $90,298

    Grants listed
    2
    Assets, end of year
    $1,606,839

Grants paid in 2025

2 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Delta College FoundationUniv Ctr, MI

    Educational-fund college

    $114,400
  2. Svsu FoundationUniversity Ctr, MI

    Educational -fund college

    $58,302

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Education1 grant $114,400100% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. Michigan2 grants $172,702

Officers, directors and trustees

3 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Mary Abigail BriggsCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $4,200
  • Anne M UngerCO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $4,200
  • PNC Bank N ACO-TRUSTEE Hours 1Pay $21,077

The return

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